Sarracenia purpurea: gardeners dream or growers hype?
It is *not* hardy. Your -8 deg
C is a load of codswallop. Minimum temperature +5 deg C (41 deg F),
according to the RHS Encyclopedia
S. purpurea ssp. purpurea (the northern form of S. purpurea) is hardy to well
below -15F/-26C; the RHS Encyclopedia is in error.
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